Re: Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread James Addison
If there's a well-supported social or technical reason to remove the i386 Debian installer, I think that it would still be disappointing, but acceptable. I don't know what those reasons are yet (I've imagined that they could be maintainer burden -- but as mentioned, I don't think there's much comp

Re: [2016] client-side signature checking of Debian archives (Re: When should we https our mirrors?)

2023-05-31 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 5/31/23 05:42, James Addison wrote: * It allows other devices on the local network segment to inspect the content that other nodes are sending and receiving. That is very theoretical: - when you use switches, the local network segment has no other nodes - if there were other

Re: another problem class from /usr-merge [Re: Bug#1036920: systemd: please ship a placeholder in /usr/lib/modules-load.d/]

2023-05-31 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi, On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:53:00AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > In effect, this bug report is an instance of a bug class. I am in the > process of quantifying its effects, but I do not have useful numbers at > this time. As an initial gauge, I think it is about 2000 binary packages > that shi

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 12:51:06AM +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > While it may be a no-brainer for a person with a $/€ 1000 a month residual > income to just buy new hardware whenever they feel like it, that is not the > case for everyone. [...] > It's absolutely true that modern machines are m

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Alexandre Detiste
Le mer. 31 mai 2023 à 12:44, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > 20+ year old machines are typically more power hungry, more expensive, > less performant, and less reliable than an up-to-date raspberry pi. Embedded systems and medical one can be crazily expensive to maintain and even more to replace but

Re: another problem class from /usr-merge [Re: Bug#1036920: systemd: please ship a placeholder in /usr/lib/modules-load.d/]

2023-05-31 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Wed, 31 May 2023 at 11:18, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:53:00AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > In effect, this bug report is an instance of a bug class. I am in the > > process of quantifying its effects, but I do not have useful numbers at > > this time. As an i

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, May 30 2023, Steve Langasek wrote: > For businesses, the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit was several > depreciation cycles ago. > > In my city, there is a non-profit that accepts donations of old computers, > refurbishes them, installs Linux, and both sells them and provides them free > t

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 01:00:42PM +0200, Alexandre Detiste wrote: Hi, > Embedded systems and medical one can be crazily expensive to maintain > and even more to replace but some will run on i386 for a long time more The question is: Is that a target for a future Debian installation and/or a tar

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 07:29:38AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: Hi, > I guess the question is: is this use case too niche for Debian to > continue supporting? I would suggest that as long as we have 32-bit > ARM, are the challenges for 32-bit x86 really worse? If I assume for a moment that the De

Re: [2016] client-side signature checking of Debian archives (Re: When should we https our mirrors?)

2023-05-31 Thread James Addison
Hi Simon - thanks for the response. Please find my reply inline below: On Wed, 31 May 2023 at 11:07, Simon Richter wrote: > > On 5/31/23 05:42, James Addison wrote: > > >* It allows other devices on the local network segment to inspect the > > content that other nodes are sending and re

Bug#1036990: ITP: 7zip-rar -- non-free RAR module for 7zip

2023-05-31 Thread YOKOTA Hiroshi
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: YOKOTA Hiroshi X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, yokota.h...@gmail.com * Package name: 7zip-rar Version : 22.01 Upstream Contact: Igor Pavlov * URL : https://www.7-zip.org/ * License : unRAR License Programmi

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Alexandre Detiste dijo [Wed, May 31, 2023 at 01:00:42PM +0200]: > Le mer. 31 mai 2023 à 12:44, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > > 20+ year old machines are typically more power hungry, more expensive, > > less performant, and less reliable than an up-to-date raspberry pi. > > Embedded systems and medi

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Gunnar Wolf
John Goerzen dijo [Wed, May 31, 2023 at 07:29:38AM -0500]: > (...) > I guess the question is: is this use case too niche for Debian to > continue supporting? I would suggest that as long as we have 32-bit > ARM, are the challenges for 32-bit x86 really worse? Do note, however, the ARM64 started a

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Wookey
On 2023-05-31 07:29 -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > Hanging on to systems using power-hungry chips from 20 years ago instead of > > intercepting a system such as this is not reducing the number of computers > > that end up in the waste stream, it just keeps you stuck with a more > > power-hungry sy

Re: RFP: virtme-ng -- Tool to build and run a kernel inside a virtualized snapshot of your live system

2023-05-31 Thread Andrea Righi
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:45:15PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote: > Hi all > > I think I have the first version of virtme-ng. > > @Héctor Orón Martínez can you help reviewing and pushing > https://salsa.debian.org/ribalda/virtme-ng ? > > Maybe you could also create salsa.debian.org/debian

Bug#1036994: ITP: gir-rust-code-generator -- Generate rust code from .gir introspection files

2023-05-31 Thread Matthias Geiger
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matthias Geiger X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-r...@lists.debian.org, debian-gtk-gn...@lists.debian.org, matthias.geiger1...@tutanota.de -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 * Package name: gir-rust-code-generator Ver

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Ansgar
On Wed, 2023-05-31 at 19:48 +0100, Wookey wrote: > On 2023-05-31 07:29 -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > > > Hanging on to systems using power-hungry chips from 20 years ago instead > > > of > > > intercepting a system such as this is not reducing the number of computers > > > that end up in the was

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Wed May 31, 2023 at 12:44 PM CEST, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 12:51:06AM +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > > While it may be a no-brainer for a person with a $/€ 1000 a month residual > > income to just buy new hardware whenever they feel like it, that is not the > > case

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 11:24:15PM +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Wed May 31, 2023 at 12:44 PM CEST, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 12:51:06AM +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > My point is: what about people who don't have the option to *buy* > anything (new or used), for fi

Re: [2016] client-side signature checking of Debian archives (Re: When should we https our mirrors?)

2023-05-31 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, - when you use switches, the local network segment has no other nodes - if there were other nodes, they would likely miss some packets in the conversation, which means they cannot generate checksums - there is no software that can perform this inspection Yep, there are limitation

Re: i386 in the future (was Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal)

2023-05-31 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, 2023-05-31 at 00:51 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > I would be VERY disappointed if Debian would abandon people who do NOT have > the means to just buy new equipment whenever they feel like it. There are Debian contributors who are in this position (although perhaps not with i386 hardwa